Rebreathers Demystified Part 1

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Those of you who have watched James Cameron’s cave diving movie ‘Sanctum’ will have probably left the theater going, “man rebreathers are so cool!” or had the complete opposite reaction “there’s no way I’m ever going use a rebreather to scuba dive!” A Rebreather is a complex breathing apparatus, that isn’t as commonly used as [...]

A Closer look at Rebreathers

Diving with Rebreathers

Conventional SCUBA diving uses an open circuit breathing apparatus, which means that the air we inhale into our lungs from the tank is dispelled through the regulator in our mouth into the water as we exhale. The problem with open circuit breathing is that it wastes precious gas. Out of the air we fill into [...]